Particulate nitrate formation in a highly polluted Urban Area: A case study by single-particle mass spectrometry in shanghai

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3061-3066

  Wang, Xiaofei ^a   Zhang, Yaping ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Chen, Jianmin ^a   Geng, Fuhai ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS; DIURNAL PATTERN; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MASS SPECTRA; NITRATE IONS; PARTICULATE NITRATE; PEAK INTENSITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE INTENSITY; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SINGLE PARTICLE; URBAN AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

NITRATES;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMIDITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; NITRATES; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 66449112199     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8020155     Document Type: Article

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